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after the arrival of the immigrants, enlargements 

 were at once commenced, apparently to accom- 

 modate the new-comers permanently. 



One autumn, while following the Lewis and 

 Clark trail with a pack horse in western Mon- 

 tana, I made camp one evening with a trapper 

 who gave me a young beaver. He was about one 

 month old, and ate twigs and bark as naturally 

 as though he had long eaten them. I named him 

 " Diver," and in a short time he was as chummy 

 as a young puppy. Of an evening he played about 

 the camp and often swam in the near-by water. 

 At times he played at dam -building, and fre- 

 quently displayed his accomplishment of felling 

 wonderful trees that were about the size of a 

 lead pencil. He never failed to come promptly 

 when I whistled for him. At night he crouched 

 near my camp, usually packing himself under the 

 edge of the canvas on which I spread my bed- 

 ding. Atop the pack on the horse's back he trav- 

 eled, a ride which he evidently enjoyed. He 

 was never in a hurry to be taken off, and at mov- 

 ing time he was always waiting eagerly to be 

 lifted on. As soon as he noticed me arranging 



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